The BEST episodes written by Esta Spalding

#1 - Blues in A-Minor

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 8

The death of a child always hits hard for those who have to investigate, especially when it looks like suicide. Da Vinci tries to rein in a community on a quest to publicly expose a suspect.

#2 - Sister's Light

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 6

A fishing boat goes down in calm seas and three men with more than a century of experience die. Da Vinci, who is coping with his own grief, must navigate his way through the secrets of a grieving family, a stonewalling corporation and his own sympathies to find the truth.

#3 - A Nice Place in the Country

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 7

The excavation for a water main turns up human bones. Kosmo takes up the challenge of piecing together the puzzle of Vancouver's 28 missing prostitutes.

#4 - His Wife

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 5

Kosmo and Leary discover that when it comes to spousal abuse nothing is simple. Da Vinci steers through a political minefield when a body turns up under suspicious circumstances.

#5 - Gabriel

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 1 - Episode 8

When a street kid turns up dead on the dockside Leary is convinced that the young runaway was tortured to death by other kids and Sunny backs up his theory. The killing reminds Da Vinci of a tragedy in his past in which a police investigation proved fruitless. Determined not to let that happen in this case, Da Vinci pursues a suspect who may help him resolve whether police negligence was involved in the boy's death.

#6 - Tommy's on the Corner

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 4

Da Vinci has to untangle the truth of two fatalities that happened during a controversial high-speed police car chase. Shannon and Leary try to solve that the hold up of an armoured car.

#7 - Wash, Rinse, REPEAT

Being Erica - Season 3 - Episode 4

When Kai returns to give Erica a glimpse of her own mortality, it throws Erica for a loop. If Erica is to escape her own personal “Groundhog Day”, she must learn to embrace the present.

#8 - A Cinderella Story (1)

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 1

Da Vinci is back in the headlines when he calls for Vancouver City to set up a red light district following the death of a high-priced escort, and the continuing mystery of the 28 missing prostitutes who are presumed dead.

#9 - A Cinderella Story (2)

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 2

#10 - The Looking Glass

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 9

A police shooting is always a complicated, politically charged matter. Da Vinci convenes a Coroner's Court to investigate, and untangle the web of conflicting evidence, some of it presented by his closest colleagues

#11 - Backwards Day

Flashpoint - Season 2 - Episode 2

A married couple has been trying to get pregnant for 8 long years and it's taken its toll on them and their marriage. The wife now suspects the husband is having an affair with an attractive lady reporter. She kidnaps the reporter and holds her hostage at knifepoint. SRU is called in to defuse the situation. Sam and Jules continue to conceal their relationship but have second thoughts about moving forward.

#12 - Topeka

Masters of Sex - Season 4 - Episode 8

Masters and Johnson go on the road and pose as a couple to investigate practices at a competing clinic. While Bill and Virginia are away, Art, Nancy and Langham take advantage of their absence to further their own agendas.

#13 - Never Kissed a Girl

Flashpoint - Season 1 - Episode 8

When a young man holds a courtroom hostage in an attempt to clear his name for a crime he didn't commit, an SRU team member is in the wrong place at the wrong time and must find a way to safely defuse a critical situation.

#14 - Outliers

Masters of Sex - Season 4 - Episode 5

Johnson and Masters' troubles come to a head as the trial begins with Keller leading the charge. Virginia does her best to revive their career as Bill faces the reality of what the charges could mean for him, Johnson and the practice.

#15 - Islands

19-2 (2014) - Season 1 - Episode 9

The squad is devastated when one of their own is brutally assaulted and left clinging to life, causing personal vendettas to collide with protocol in the aftermath.

#16 - The Hand-Off

Battle Creek - Season 1 - Episode 11

Milt puts his career on the line when he illegally uses NSA feeds to help a woman determine who shot her husband. Also, a local doctor is drawn to Russ' show of compassion, and Holly is frustrated that her new relationship isn't progressing.

#17 - Who's George

Flashpoint - Season 1 - Episode 5

The SRU are called to a bank to deal with a hostage situation; Parker faces one of his toughest negotiations when the robber isn't who he thought.

#18 - The Lottery

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 10

Da Vinci and Shannon investigate a death that brings them face to face with their own ethics. Meanwhile, Leary takes on a dangerous undercover assignment.

#19 - The Beast

The Bridge (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 5

Sonya and Marco suspect a cover-up. Charlotte goes to Marco for advice. A troubled girl seeks adventure in Juarez. A visitor stops by Linder's apartment.

#20 - Matters of Gravity

Masters of Sex - Season 3 - Episode 5

Johnson's parents arrive unannounced. Masters takes on a promising patient.

#21 - Tessa

Mayfair Witches - Season 1 - Episode 7

Rowan makes a shocking discovery but has to deal with it alone; a tragic event brings Rowan closer to the Mayfairs and Lasher; Sip falls deeper down the rabbit hole of the key necklace.

#22 - In Blue

Rookie Blue - Season 1 - Episode 12

There’s a nervous tension in the air on Judgment Day for all the rookies at 15 Division who will have to undergo make-or-break assessments by Staff Sergeant Frank. But after the death of an unidentified girl at a house party – an emotionally harrowing experience that pushes all of her buttons – Andy begins to question whether she has what it takes to be a copper and contemplates handing in her badge.

#23 - Old Flames

Battle Creek - Season 1 - Episode 5

After Commander Guziewicz narrowly escapes when her home is burned down, the arson investigation leads Russ and Milt to a variety of suspects, including a string of ex-lovers and her own estranged son. Also, Russ is determined to find out who sent Holly a gift.

#24 - Through a Glass, Darkly

Masters of Sex - Season 3 - Episode 10

Johnson objects to Masters' program following missteps in the protocol.

#25 - Bea, Again

Saving Hope - Season 1 - Episode 9

With Charlie removed from his ventilator, all he and Alex can do is wait and ask themselves: is this really it? But when a patient comes in for a routine follow-up, her new symptoms could lead Alex and Charlie to making a discovery about Charlie's coma. Meanwhile, Joel cannot operate after breaking his hand, and Maggie and Gavin deal with the aftermath of their kiss.

#26 - Go Getters Gonna Go Getcha

On Becoming a God in Central Florida - Season 1 - Episode 10

Krystal helps Judd out of a jam. Cody finds himself pulled in two directions. Bets puts her foot down. Buck and Pat see an opportunity. Season finale.

#27 - All About Eva

The Bridge (2013) - Season 1 - Episode 12

Sonya uses Linder's latest problem to repair her relationship with Marco. Charlotte forms an unlikely alliance.

#28 - Flint Glass

On Becoming a God in Central Florida - Season 1 - Episode 7

Krystal takes initiative and drums up some press for her business. Cody finally gets some one-on-one coaching. Bets isn’t sure about FAM.

#29 - Fite Nite

Rookie Blue - Season 1 - Episode 3

While working on a high-stakes gun raid, Andy and Gail stumble upon a victim of domestic abuse whose brutal experience in the system has taught her not to trust the police. When Andy promises to protect the woman from her abuser, she soon learns that it takes more than just following protocol to be good at her job. Meanwhile, the other rookies get caught up in the annual police retirement boxing match – a fundraising event known as “Fite Nite.”

#30 - What Rough Beast

Mayfair Witches - Season 1 - Episode 8

Rowan inadvertently discovers her role in a prophecy that's held the Mayfair family for generations; Sip's investigation reaches its conclusion, uncovering secrets that could tarnish both Rowan's family and his role in the Talamasca.

#31 - The Witching Hour

Mayfair Witches - Season 1 - Episode 1

Neurosurgeon Rowan Fielding has a problem -- when she gets mad, she kills with her mind; her search for answers sends her toward her secretive biological family; in New Orleans, Deirdre Mayfair is desperate to escape from her aunt's oppressive house.

#32 - The Bridge

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 1 - Episode 10

Da Vinci has fallen off the wagon in a big way with a drunken evening at the police bar, which he can't remember. A homeless man is critically injured in a hit-and-run accident in the alley behind the bar on the same night, and Da Vinci comes under suspicion. All the enemies he's made over his career come out of the woodwork, anxious to see him implicated in the crime. Da Vinci's current investigation involves the discovery of a buried skeleton found beneath the Burrard Street Bridge. As Da Vinci struggles to piece together what happened to the homeless man, he stumbles on surprising insights into the Burrard Bridge death.

#33 - The Hanged Man

Da Vinci's Inquest - Season 2 - Episode 3

Da Vinci desperately searches for the truth behind a death in custody and implications of police corruption. The death of an elderly woman during a suspected home invasion puts rookie Coroner Winston at odds with the Chief Pathologist.